anterior humeral circumflex artery
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An artery that branches from the axilliary artery and supplies the deltoid, biceps brachii, and coracobrachialis muscles, the glenohumeral joint, the proximal humeral head, and the skin overlying the anterior aspect of the proximal humerus. This artery courses laterally across the anterior surface of the humerus and anastomoses with the posterior humeral circumflex artery. [ https://www.elsevier.com/resources/anatomy/cardiovascular-system/arteries/anterior-circumflex-humeral-artery/20091 ]
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- artery
- part of some shoulder
- connecting branch of some axillary artery
- part of some system
- vessel supplies blood to some glenohumeral joint and vessel supplies blood to some deltoid and vessel supplies blood to some coracobrachialis muscle and vessel supplies blood to some biceps brachii and vessel supplies blood to some upper arm skin and vessel supplies blood to some proximal head of humerus